Tesla Motors Hires Google Recruiter

Tesla Motors has hired senior Google staffing expert Arnnon Geshuri to head up the Silicon Valley-based automaker's recruiting efforts as it expands in anticipation of its second product release, the Tesla Model S sedan (pictured, top).

Currently, Tesla Motors has about 500 employees, and is currently looking to expand its mechanical and electrical engineering staff. It's also looking for software developers, industrial engineers, and other tech professionals.

Geshuri's official title will be vice president of human resources. Before his new job at Tesla, Geshuri was director of staffing operations for Google, and had worked there since 2004 as chief staffing architect--back when Google had just 2,500 employees. (Today, Google has 20,000.)